Japan vs Lower middle income: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within over time
- Japan
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 36.6% against 9.5% in Lower middle income, a difference of 27.1%.
That makes Japan's figure about 3.9 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 32nd and Lower middle income ranks 33rd of 203 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.4% | 5.5% | 5.0% | Japan |
| 1970s | 14.2% | 6.0% | 8.2% | Japan |
| 1980s | 17.5% | 5.7% | 11.7% | Japan |
| 1990s | 22.5% | 9.5% | 13.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 32.3% | 12.5% | 19.9% | Japan |
| 2010s | 36.6% | 10.2% | 26.3% | Japan |
| 2020s | 37.5% | 9.8% | 27.7% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within, Japan or Lower middle income?
- Japan, at 36.6% against 9.5% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within between Japan and Lower middle income?
- 27.1%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lower middle income?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Lower middle income rank globally for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
- Japan ranks 32nd and Lower middle income ranks 33rd of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.